chemokinetic

chemokinetic
Of, pertaining to, or provoking chemokinesis

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  • chemokinetic — Referring to chemokinesis …   Medical dictionary

  • chemokinetic — adj. of chemokinesis (increased activity of an organism under the influence of a chemical substance) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • chemokinetic — chemo·kinetic …   English syllables

  • chemokinetic — adjective see chemokinesis …   Useful english dictionary

  • chemokinesis — chemokinetic /kee moh ki net ik, kuy , kem oh /, adj. /kee moh ki nee sis, kuy , kem oh /, n. increased activity of an organism due to a chemical substance. [1895 1900; CHEMO + KINESIS] * * * …   Universalium

  • Chemorepulsion — is the directional movement of a cell away from a substance. Of the two directional varieties of chemotaxis, chemoattraction has been studied to a much greater extent. Only recently have the key components of the chemorepulsive pathway been… …   Wikipedia

  • Chemotaxis — is the phenomenon in which somatic cells, bacteria, and other single cell or multicellular organisms direct their movements according to certain chemicals in their environment. This is important for bacteria to find food (for example, glucose) by …   Wikipedia

  • Chemotaxis assay — Chemotaxis assays are experimental tools for evaluation of chemotactic ability of prokaryotic or eukaryotic cells. A wide variety of techniques are known and applied for such reason. Some of them qualitative and investigator can determine whether …   Wikipedia

  • chemokinesis — n. [Gr. chemeia, pert. chemistry; kinesis, movement] Increased movement of an organism due to the presence of a chemical substance; chemokinetic adj …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • interleukin-8 — (= IL 8; neutrophil activating protein, NAP 1) One of the first chemokines to be isolated; one of the C X C family (8 kD). Secreted by a variety of cells and potently chemokinetic and chemotactic for neutrophils and basophils but not monocytes.… …   Dictionary of molecular biology

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